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regalia

UK/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/US/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,757 of 15,258leans written

Regalia are the crown and other emblems worn by a monarch. The coronation regalia, full regalia, the crown regalia.

The British set is kept in the Tower of London, and almost all of it was made after 1660 because the earlier pieces were melted down under the republic. In loose use, full regalia means anybody's ceremonial dress.

Arnoldius · CC BY-SA 3.0

Definitions of regalia

  1. 1nounregaliaThe crown and other emblems worn by a monarch.C1

    “The king appeared on the balcony in full regalia, wearing his crown and holding the sceptre.”

regalia is an emblem.

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin regalia means royal things, the neuter plural of regalis, of a king, from rex.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *h₃reǵ-

  2. Medieval Latin

    rēgālia — royal powers

  3. Middle English

    regalie

  4. English, today

    regalia

Built from

  • rēgālis · Latin — of a king
  • rēx · Latin — king

From Middle English regalie, from Medieval Latin rēgālia (“royal powers”), substantivisation of the neuter plural of rēgālis (“of a king”), from rēx (“king”). by surface analysis, regal + -ia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Jewellery & Watches

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regalia in the wild

  • The coronation regalia are the only working set in Europe and the collection is the most historically complete of any royal regalia in the world.

    Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

  • The regalia feature heraldic devices and national emblems of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and other Commonwealth countries.

    Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

  • The Honours of Scotland, informally known as the Scottish Crown Jewels, are the regalia that were worn by Scottish monarchs at their coronation.

    Honours of Scotland

  • Coronation robes, a pair of spurs, a ring and consort crowns were also part of the Scottish regalia, none of which survives today.

    Honours of Scotland

  • Representations of the regalia are used in masakaki in many Shinto rituals.

    Imperial Regalia of Japan

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the rēgālis family

royalroyalty

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